Due for Class of April 5th - Great list! And you guys were the first team to complete. Kwintessential is one option for business culture, but keep in mind there are a lot more out there. As you prepare for the presentation, you will want to have notes on specific cultural concerns for doing business in China.
a. First post what you know under the appropriate heading(s) without repeating what team members have already posted. (Remember each team member will choose a different font color to be identified with.) After completing the list, review it and what your team members have posted. Think about what things might be useful for you to know about China if you were to do business there or work with a Chinese firm in the U.S.
b. Search on the web for any new information you feel you might need and add to the wiki in italics. Share any interesting and relevant links you may come across in your post with your team members.
Food Chinese food, fortune cookie, boba tea, rice, fish, noodles, stir fry, chinese fried rice, green tea, oolong tea, yellow wine(chinese rice wine), chopsticks, you basically covered everything.. Food with a lot of vegetables, everything fried or steamed, lot of rice, soy sauce, strange animal meat (like cow's head, alligators, dogs, etc)
Politics communist, socialist? Communist
Art great wall of china, porcelain pottery, Geisha's make up and theater
Sports gymnastics, archery, equestrianism, bad-mitten, racquetball,ping pong, sumo wrestling, martial arts, Tai Chi, Chinese Chess,football (soccer)
Products pretty much everything says made in china on the bottom of it, i agree!, everything
Famous people girl from charlie's angels (don't remember her name), Yao Meng (basketball), Mao Zedong (led Chinese Revolution), Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Jet Li,Lucy liu
Key words/images you associate with China communism, Buddha, Chinese food, animated movies, panda bears, bamboo, green tea
Cultural Characteristics communist, economy has grown because of capitalist elements, family-oriented, old/traditional, very attached to their traditions, conservatism, very religious.
a. First post what you know under the appropriate heading(s) without repeating what team members have already posted. (Remember each team member will choose a different font color to be identified with.)
After completing the list, review it and what your team members have posted. Think about what things might be useful for you to know about China if you were to do business there or work with a Chinese firm in the U.S.
b. Search on the web for any new information you feel you might need and add to the wiki in italics. Share any interesting and relevant links you may come across in your post with your team members.
Food
Chinese food, fortune cookie, boba tea, rice, fish, noodles, stir fry, chinese fried rice, green tea, oolong tea, yellow wine(chinese rice wine), chopsticks, you basically covered everything..
Food with a lot of vegetables, everything fried or steamed, lot of rice, soy sauce, strange animal meat (like cow's head, alligators, dogs, etc)
Politics
communist, socialist?
Communist
Art
great wall of china, porcelain pottery, Geisha's make up and theater
Sports
gymnastics, archery, equestrianism, bad-mitten, racquetball, ping pong, sumo wrestling, martial arts, Tai Chi, Chinese Chess, football (soccer)
Products
pretty much everything says made in china on the bottom of it, i agree!, everything
Famous people
girl from charlie's angels (don't remember her name), Yao Meng (basketball), Mao Zedong (led Chinese Revolution), Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Lucy liu
Cities/Regions
hong kong, bejing, shang ghai, macao, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Tibet, Nanjing, Ningbo
Religion
Buddhist, Taoism, Confucianism, Shenism-Taoism
Key words/images you associate with China
communism, Buddha, Chinese food, animated movies, panda bears, bamboo, green tea
Cultural Characteristics
communist, economy has grown because of capitalist elements, family-oriented, old/traditional, very attached to their traditions, conservatism, very religious.
b. How to make business in China: http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/etiquette/doing-business-china.html